Here’s my entry for Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival. I made this Springtime Chubby Chicks quilt for my folks earlier this year to celebrate them moving into a new house. The pattern is from Black Mountain Quilts, the green chick fabric is from Pat Sloan’s Nikki line and the chicks are assorted 1930′s scraps. The chicks [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Trick or Treat – Halloween Fun Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their SPOOOOOKY creations with all of us. The quilter with the most votes below will win a fat quarter bundle of Halloween Night from the Fat Quarter Shop. Now [...]

I can be forgetful, busy and side-tracked… that’s my excuse anyway. I totally forgot to pick and announce the winner for the Fall into Fall Quilters Blog Give-Away. The winner is #30, Sandi Here’s Sandi’s tip: Hmmmmm, the one thing I wish I knew when I first started quilting……ah, don’t mix poly-cottons with 100% cotton! [...]

Please join me in welcoming Aunt Spicy as she guest blogs today and shares her love of fabric with us all. Hello. My name is Aunt Spicy. I have a problem. It’s called fabric.  Colors.  Patterns.  The crisp feel of a new yard. Or two.  The emotions that certain prints and colors evoke.  Don’t tell [...]

The Alliance for American Quilts’ annual fundraising auction of 16″x16″ quilts donated by artists from all over the US and Canada began last night on eBay.com, and will continue through December 6. The first of four auction weeks includes 30 quilts. Don’t miss this opportunity to pick out special gifts for the holidays or add [...]

Congratulations to last week’s winners of the Paper Pieced Quilt Contest. Sabine won the Voter’s Choice award with her Elvis & Mitzy quilt: And Sharon Vrooman won the Judge’s Choice award for her Christmas Village quilt: Both won prizes from the Simplicity Creative Group. Thanks to everyone that took the time to vote. This Week’s [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Paper Pieced Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. The Simplicity Creative Group have donated two of their fabulous Deluxe SideWinders, the portable bobbin winder. The prizes will be awarded based on Voter’s Choice (the [...]

Congratulations to Cathi who won last week’s Scrappy Again Quilt Contest with her beautiful Chintz Circles quilt. She won a $30 gift certificate from Around the Block Quilter’s Shop. Thanks to everyone that took the time to vote. The theme for this week’s contest is Paper Pieced Quilts and is sponsored by the Simplicity Creative [...]

Woohoo!! The new Quilt Guilds section is now ready for Guilds to start entering their information. The Guilds will be organized geographically by country and sub-divided into province and state for Canada and the USA. Each Guild will be able to add links to their web site, blog, Facebook, Twitter and email, as well as [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Scrappy Again Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. One lucky quilter will win a $30 gift certificate to use at Around the Block Quilter’s Shop. Special offer from this week’s sponsor: Prices are “Fall”ing [...]

Please join me in welcoming today’s guest blogger Munaiba Khan. Perfection. It is the bane of many people’s lives. It prevented me from doing something I loved to do for almost 35 years. How silly is that? One day I had the proverbial “ah ha moment” when I realized there is one thing sadder than [...]

Congratulations to the two winners of Vanessa’s E-Patterns from last week’s guest blogger post. It was so much fun to read the stories of your first quilts. Such wonderful memories. The winners are … #42 Cecilia Young says: My first quilt was a quilt I made for my first grandchild 2 years ago. I made [...]

Congratulations to both winners from last week’s Fall Spendour quilt contest. Anna won the Voter’s Choice with her gorgeous Autumn leaves (Höstlöv) quilt. Kelly won the Judge’s Choice with her gorgeous Hunter’s Star quilt. Thanks to everyone that took the time to vote over the weekend. Thanks also to Jojos Quilt Shoppe for sponsoring last [...]

I have been working on scrappy blocks for a new queen-sized bed quilt for myself. I started with 320 paper templates, cut at 5″ from an old phone book. Testing the layout of 16 squares (trimmed to 4.75″) on the design wall. Need 20 of these blocks that are 17.5″ unfinished. Auditioning the 20 blocks [...]

Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Fall Splendour Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. We’re trying something different this week (and subsequent week’s when possible). Two prizes will be awarded. The first will be based on Voter’s Choice, each person [...]

Please join me in welcoming Vanessa Wilson as today’s guest blogger. She shares with us her very busy family and quilting life. She’s also giving away two patterns to two lucky winners that leave a comment here. See below for details. Hi there! My name is Vanessa Wilson. I am the wife and mother behind [...]

Congratulations to both winners from last week’s Teddy Bear Quilts Contest. They each won a Paper Doll Christmas fat quarter bundle from the Fat Quarter Shop. Thanks to everyone that took the time to vote. Spelen met Teddy by Johanna Faber Five in the Bed by Helen McNaught This week’s theme is Fall Splendor and [...]

Welcome to everyone hopping around quilter’s blog land for Pat Sloan’s The Edge Blog Hop. Today is the last day of the hop and my special day. What’s been your favourite part of the blog hop? The fabulous recipes? The measuring antics? The marshmallow fields? I know, a chance to win a 10 pack set [...]

Welcome to everyone hopping around in blog land for the Fall into Fall Quilters Blog Give-Away. A huge thank you to Debi for organizing this event. It’s sure to be a lot of fun. If you’re new here, let me give you a brief tour of the Quilting Gallery site. Do you love to read [...]

The Teddy Bears have taken over the Quilting Gallery. Aren’t they all just so cute!! Grab yourself a cup of coffee and browse this week’s gorgeous Teddy Bear Quilts. Thanks to everyone that has entered and shared their beautiful creations with all of us. Two lucky quilters will each win a fat quarter bundle from [...]